Musings of an Incorrigible Writer

Gender Inequality

04/27/2016

Been reading a lot about the inequality in Hollywood, not just about the lack of jobs for female directors/writers but also how warped it is that actresses aren't allowed to age. Kind of sad that by the time a woman turns 29 in Hollywood she's deemed TOO OLD to play the wife or girlfriend to Leonardo DiCaprio or George Clooney or all the other old farts whom we are expected to believe can still kick ass and get barely-legal ass well into their 60s and 70s.

Talk about male fantasy. Sadly, it's porn mentality that rules Hollywood, and I call it porn mentality, because women exist as beautiful blank slates, who are just here for men's gaze, sexual gratification, and entertainment. And the men in power, who make these films, see nothing wrong with that. They don't even question that maybe, just maybe, WOMEN AREN'T HERE FOR MEN'S ENTERTAINMENT. We have our stories to tell too!

03/19/2016

Moms always agree it's difficult to raise girls, with their raw emotions on display, but I would say it's equally hard to raise boys in a society that has so many rules regarding what it means to be manly. Our culture dictates our sons be strong, silent, disconnected from their emotions and vulnerability...and I don't think all these gadgets are helping things. There's so many ways to escape when what is perhaps really needed is more ways to express what's inside without stuffing it down.

02/07/2016

Shame on Gloria Steinem for making such a grossly sexist remark to Bill Maher, asserting that young women are only supporting Bernie Sanders because they want to "meet boys" and boys support Bernie.

Really? I would expect Trump to say something stupid and crass like this, but not the feminist icon who has allegedly been fighting for equal rights for the last five decades. Nothing sells feminism like a feminist elder telling the youngsters that they are all stupid bubbleheads who can't think for themselves.